Nahrin in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nahrin in context

345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NahrinBaghlan (Region)Afghanistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nahrin plotted against Baghlan and Afghanistan. While Baghlan and Afghanistan both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Nahrin's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, Nahrin's incremental SNDi rose from 3.36 to 4.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nahrin ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Baghlan and 46th out of 73 in Afghanistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.56
Rank in Afghanistan
41st of 73
Rank in Baghlan
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.67
Rank in Afghanistan
46th of 73
Rank in Baghlan
2nd of 3

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NahrinParanavaiBergen op Zoom

In new street additions, Nahrin fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Paranavaí built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Bergen op Zoom built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, Paranavaí and Bergen op Zoom both became progressively more disconnected, while Nahrin grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.